Ban New Toxic Industries in SIPCOT Cuddalore
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Government of Tamilnadu
Chennai
Dear Chief Minister:
Im writing to voice my gravest opposition to the recent proposals to set up polluting industries in Cuddalore, a toxic hotspot in Tamilnadus map. Im referring to the reports about the setting up of a refinery, a PVC factory by M/S Chemplast Sanmar and a textile park.
Even after twenty years of Bhopal Gas disaster, the lessons from it have not been learnt. Bhopal disaster is a fine example of the governments apathy towards the interest of the community. The complaints of the people about the industry were ignored by the government through out, as a result of which the worlds worst industrial disaster took place. While the survivours of the disaster are still fighting for justice, there are many more Bhopals waiting to happen in other parts of the country.
SIPCOT Cuddalore is a black spot on Tamil Nadus map a Bhopal waiting to happen. The industries in SIPCOT function with little or no oversight by the regulatory authorities. The State Human Rights Commission and even scientific agencies such as NEERI have acknowledged that Cuddalore is overburdened with pollution. Even now, gas leaks and pollution incidents are routine.
Rather than take steps to ease the burden of pollution and set right the health crises in Cuddalore, the Tamilnadu Government seems to have decided to sacrifice Cuddalore villages at the altar of industrial development.
The effects of textile units in Tiruppur are there for all to see. Chemplast Sanmar was originally rejected by Cuddalore residents, and subsequently by the community in Krishnapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. The Tamilnadu States green carpet welcome to the company is a slap in the face of democracy and peoples aspirations.
I urge your government to stop the sacrifice of innocent lives in SIPCOT, Cuddalore in the name of development, and to prevent another Bhopal from happening by:
1. Withdrawing the current plans for setting up a textile park, refinery and PVC factory in Cuddalore;
2. Banning the expansion or setting up of polluting industries in Cuddalore;
3. Remediating the health of residents, and polluted environment and groundwater at polluters cost.
Government of Tamilnadu
Chennai
Dear Chief Minister:
Im writing to voice my gravest opposition to the recent proposals to set up polluting industries in Cuddalore, a toxic hotspot in Tamilnadus map. Im referring to the reports about the setting up of a refinery, a PVC factory by M/S Chemplast Sanmar and a textile park.
Even after twenty years of Bhopal Gas disaster, the lessons from it have not been learnt. Bhopal disaster is a fine example of the governments apathy towards the interest of the community. The complaints of the people about the industry were ignored by the government through out, as a result of which the worlds worst industrial disaster took place. While the survivours of the disaster are still fighting for justice, there are many more Bhopals waiting to happen in other parts of the country.
SIPCOT Cuddalore is a black spot on Tamil Nadus map a Bhopal waiting to happen. The industries in SIPCOT function with little or no oversight by the regulatory authorities. The State Human Rights Commission and even scientific agencies such as NEERI have acknowledged that Cuddalore is overburdened with pollution. Even now, gas leaks and pollution incidents are routine.
Rather than take steps to ease the burden of pollution and set right the health crises in Cuddalore, the Tamilnadu Government seems to have decided to sacrifice Cuddalore villages at the altar of industrial development.
The effects of textile units in Tiruppur are there for all to see. Chemplast Sanmar was originally rejected by Cuddalore residents, and subsequently by the community in Krishnapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. The Tamilnadu States green carpet welcome to the company is a slap in the face of democracy and peoples aspirations.
I urge your government to stop the sacrifice of innocent lives in SIPCOT, Cuddalore in the name of development, and to prevent another Bhopal from happening by:
1. Withdrawing the current plans for setting up a textile park, refinery and PVC factory in Cuddalore;
2. Banning the expansion or setting up of polluting industries in Cuddalore;
3. Remediating the health of residents, and polluted environment and groundwater at polluters cost.
554 Signatures
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Siddhartha G
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Swarnangsu A
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David A
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Nagneel Reddy B
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- This cant go on!!
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Bipasha
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Suparna B
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- Please do not let another bhopal happen.
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Sachin G
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Sandhya G
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Santhosh C P
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Bala
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- Dear Chief Minister, Please protect our environment, air, river and water. Protecting these will gurantee the lives of people in rural areas at the same benefiting your government in terms of vote.
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Balachandran R
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- Existing polluting units has to cleanup their pollution before new industries (which are already massively polluting in Mettur and Tiruppur) can come up under very strict monitoring and regulations. Development should be people focussed and not crorepathi focussed. India shining only for these polluting units not for poor people who drink the polluted water and pungent air.
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Rishikesh G
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Pragya
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ABHISHEK B
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Mr. Basudev M
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Jagruti B
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- We support the ban and request the chief minister to please reconsider this decision in order to protect the environemnt and the risk to community health
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reuben r
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Akshara R
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Sudarshan R
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sujata b
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- Can we stop history repeating itself? We should and we must.
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Rajesh
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Swati M
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Yamini S
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- I strongly recommend that government should take necessary steps to prevent further pollution.
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Devon C
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Aditya K
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Ra R
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Shivali T
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Dharmesh S
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- Do not repeat history of Bhopal - 1984
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Salman
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lakshmi v
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- lets kick the industries out!!
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harikrishnan
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- no more toxic devils.........
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Jayakumar c
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Sridhar r
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- Promoting toxic industries is really bad governence - Tamilnadu should be doing a cleaner governence
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Raju k
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- no more toxic devils
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RAJASREE V V
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- no more toxic devils
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S U
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dhruva
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- Its sad to know that all this is taking place and one sincerely wishes that wiser sense prevails
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A.V.N.Ravikanth
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- Where is the justice in sacrificing the happiness of people of one region to make the people of another region happy?
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Michael S
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Sonia S
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- I support the Cuddalore community in their fight for environmental justice.
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Timothy Krupnik, U
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Michael O
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Paul G
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Shana R
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Janine J
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